There is a debate raging currently in the European HVAC community about the burden regulations have placed on the operators of cooling and heating equipment. For much of the legislation, the fundamentals are demonstrating individual and corporate compliance, via accreditation...

U.S. manufacturing technology orders continued to rise in March, increasing 42 percent over February 2018 and 23 percent over March 2017, once again demonstrating strong, sustained growth in the sector, according to the U.S. Manufacturing...

U.S. factory output rose in April, although new estimates of manufacturing and overall industrial production showed less growth in prior months than initially believed, casting a shadow over the economic outlook. Manufacturing...

American companies want President Donald Trump to make China play fair on trade. They just don’t like the idea of using tariffs to achieve that goal. That was the main takeaway from many of the 120 firms and groups that testified...

Top U.S., Canadian and Mexican trade officials were once again at the negotiating table last week in Washington in hopes of hammering out a new deal on the North American Free Trade Agreement. In light of today's contentious...

Refcom has welcomed recent findings from parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee that are critical of the country’s progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fucntions such as cooling. Refcom head Graeme Fox said the cross-party committee had in its...

The Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy and The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute released their comprehensive study: Economic Impact of Kigali Ratification & Implementation, supporting the ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal...

U.S. factories cranked out more appliances, computers and aircraft last month, lifting manufacturing production for only the second time in five months. The Federal Reserve said that factory output rose 0.5 percent in April after a flat reading in March. In the past year,...

U.S. builders broke ground on fewer apartment buildings last month, pushing overall home construction down 3.7 percent from March. The Commerce Department said that housing starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.29 million in April, lowest since December....

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as exports increased to a record high amid a surge in deliveries of commercial aircraft and soybeans. The Commerce Department said the trade gap dropped 15.2 percent to $49 billion, the lowest level since September. Data...

Paul Ryan says he needs notice of a NAFTA deal by May 17 if the current Congress is going to be able to vote on it, suggesting talks are pushing up against the constraints of American trade law. The House Speaker, in remarks delivered in...

During the first quarter of 2018, U.S. manufacturing is riding a wave of 19 consecutive months of growth. This manufacturing growth is largely attributed to improving global economies and robust business investment. According to the Reshoring Initiative, reshoring and foreign...

The Institute for Supply Management released its Spring 2018 Semiannual Economic Forecast, which showed that expectations for the remainder of 2018 continue to be positive in the manufacturing sectors. "With operating rate at 85.8 percent, an expected capital expenditure...

The government of Canada on April 16 launched an HFC phase-down plan to limit HFC consumption by 85 percent by 2036, in line with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. Mirroring the Amendment, the plan starts in 2019 with a 10 percent cut to “baseline”...

Pressure is building to comply with a 2015 Environmental Protection Agency edict to transition the chemical typically used to chill a cold vending machine interior to one with a lower global warming potential score – by January of 2019. While the deadline is less than...

U.S. consumer prices rose a modest 0.2 percent in April, lifted by higher gas costs, a sign that inflation pressures remain muted.
The Labor Department said that the consumer price index increased 2.5 percent in April from a year earlier, the biggest annual gain in 14 months....